KIACK is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 15 points
Yes for Scrabble. KIACK is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept KIACK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KIACK is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KIACK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kiacksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KIACK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KIACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KIACK needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about KIACK
- KIACK begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KIACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A young or small herring, especially one not yet fully grown.
Fishermen along the coast of Scotland used kiack for the smaller herring that came up in the same catch as the mature fish. The word marked the fish by size and age rather than by any different species. A kiack was too small to be sold at the same price as a full-grown herring, so it was often set aside separately. Today the term survives mainly in older fishing communities and dialect glossaries.
How KIACK is used
Regional and largely historical; found in Scottish fishing dialect rather than in general modern speech.
- The net came up full of kiack too small to sell at market.
- Old fishermen sorted the kiack from the larger herring by hand.
- A kiack fetched barely half the price of a mature herring.
- She remembered her grandfather calling the young herring kiack.
- The glossary of Orkney fishing terms still lists kiack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KIACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KIACK
1 longer words begin with KIACK.
Shorter words from the letters in KIACK
Common questions about KIACK
- Is KIACK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KIACK is not in it.
- How many points is KIACK worth?
- KIACK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KIACK mean?
- A young or small herring, especially one not yet fully grown.
- What letters can be added to KIACK?
- KIACK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KIACK:
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